DPS teacher Callie Ludwig, front, and hundreds of Colorado educators and students demanded that elected leaders take action to keep schools safe during a rally at the Colorado Capitol in Denver on Friday, March 24, 2023. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Adelide Ludwig, 5, attends the "Show Up to End Gun Violence" rally with her mother and also DPS teacher Callie Ludwig at Colorado State Capitol in Denver, Colorado on Friday, March 24, 2023. Hundreds of Colorado educators and students demanded that elected leaders take action to keep schools safe. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Hundreds of Colorado educators and students demanded that elected leaders take action to keep schools safe during a rally at Colorado Capitol in Denver on Friday, March 24, 2023. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Hundreds of Colorado educators and students demanded that elected leaders take action to keep schools safe during a rally at Colorado Capitol in Denver on Friday, March 24, 2023. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Lyla Stiebel, 6, attends the "Show Up to End Gun Violence" rally with her mother, DPS teacher Clea Stiebel at Colorado Capitol in Denver on March 24, 2023. Hundreds of Colorado educators and students demanded that elected leaders take action to keep schools safe. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Dalia Gutierrez, 15, of South High School attends the "Show Up to End Gun Violence" rally at the Colorado Capitol in Denver on Friday, March 24, 2023. Hundreds of Colorado educators and students demanded that elected leaders take action to keep schools safe. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Hundreds of Colorado educators and students demand that elected leaders take action to keep schools safe during a rally at the State Capitol in Denver on Friday, March 24, 2023. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
DPS teacher Natalie Sochacki, front center, and hundreds of Colorado educators and students demanded that elected leaders take action to keep schools safe during a rally at Colorado Capitol in Denver on Friday, March 24, 2023. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Hundreds of Colorado educators and students demanded that elected leaders take action to keep schools safe during a rally at Colorado Capitol in Denver on Friday, March 24, 2023. The rally followed the nonfatal shooting of two East High School staff members by a student, who later died by suicide, in March, and an earlier fatal shooting of a student near the school in February. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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DPS teacher Callie Ludwig, front, and hundreds of Colorado educators and students demanded that elected leaders take action to keep schools safe during a rally at the Colorado Capitol in Denver on Friday, March 24, 2023. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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By Hyoung Chang | hchang@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Hundreds of Colorado educators and students demanded that elected leaders take action to keep schools safe during a rally at the Colorado Capitol in Denver on Friday morning, March 24, 2023. The “Show Up to End Gun Violence” rally was organized by the Denver Classroom Teachers Association and the Colorado Education Association, in the wake of recent gun violence at Denver’s East High School.
